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That's a great exercise. I've really gotta try that one day for shits and giggles.

And your citation is a youtube video? Le sigh. I'll have to check that out when I'm not at work, unless you'd like to give me an overview. I have a hard time believing that that's anything worthwhile, but I'll take a look.

Totally not a hypothetical...

Steroid wrote:

bigglesworth wrote:If your economic reality is a choice, then why are you not as rich as Bill Gates?

It looks like it could be a fairly practical application of strength. That's one of the problems with exercise, right, that it sometimes doesn't translate to anything you actually do (for example, machines don't increase your functional strength because they don't work the stabilisers).

I'm not sure how useful it would be for BUILDING strength, but it looks like it could be a decent way of testing it.

psyck0 wrote:It looks like it could be a fairly practical application of strength. That's one of the problems with exercise, right, that it sometimes doesn't translate to anything you actually do (for example, machines don't increase your functional strength because they don't work the stabilisers).

I'm not sure how useful it would be for BUILDING strength, but it looks like it could be a decent way of testing it.

What about soccer players who end up tearing their hamstring during a kick because they spend so much time on leg extensions? Surely you'd consider that a useful increase in strength from a machine, if unhealthily applied.

Totally not a hypothetical...

Steroid wrote:

bigglesworth wrote:If your economic reality is a choice, then why are you not as rich as Bill Gates?

22/7 wrote:That's a great exercise. I've really gotta try that one day for shits and giggles.

And your citation is a youtube video? Le sigh. I'll have to check that out when I'm not at work, unless you'd like to give me an overview. I have a hard time believing that that's anything worthwhile, but I'll take a look.

They're pretty fun, and good for core strength. If you can keep your core tight enough to balance 100 lb above your head as you stand up, you're good to go.

The video is just Mark Rippetoe (a respected strength coach) saying "This is the press. You could call it a shoulder press, but how can you press without your shoulders. I mean you could do a leg press, but that's gay." Not a wiki-worthy citation.

I'm now climbing at English tech grade 6a (5b-overhanging)*; and Trad Adjectival Hard Very Difficult to Hard Severe**, This is odd, as my tech grades suggest I should be able to do much harder trad. I guess I'm too busy worrying about placing pro, and finding a good stance.

Here's my record: 1/12th of a mile at a full sprint before becoming too exhausted to carry on!

Yes, I know I suck. I'm trying to work up to being able to complete a full lap around that 1/6th mile track. Then, I'll work on going further. Probably at a regular jog too. One of these days I want to have enough endurance to jog a full mile.

TheKrikkitWars wrote:I'm now climbing at English tech grade 6a (5b-overhanging)*; and Trad Adjectival Hard Very Difficult to Hard Severe**, This is odd, as my tech grades suggest I should be able to do much harder trad. I guess I'm too busy worrying about placing pro, and finding a good stance.

I like your sig setris. I'ma use that. I was doing a lot more but I got a double hernia and appendicitis so no more lifting for me. Um, I'm proud of my mile run in 6 minutes. That's a big improvement for me.

General_Norris wrote:I notice a lack of counter-arguments and a lot of fisting.

So, these date from 6-8 yrs ago, I haven't raced in over 4 years and am only now starting to run regularly again. I find I am 1 min per mile slower at every distance, even on my short intervals (which I have tried exactly once and cried with discouragement) and xc runs. It's quite astonishing how the slowdown affects every single pace. I'd love to be fit again.

I'm a summer swimmer, which means I only train three months a year. This is also just my second year, so I'm not overly competitive, I'm mostly just looking to have fun and stay fit.all times are short course meters

50 Fly- 29.43100 Fly- 1:07.57 200 IM- 2:35.6100 Br- 1:18.55

I'm going into provincials this weekend, so I'm hoping to take off some time.

2km erg 6:48 (haven't done one since crew selection which was ages ago, might update this soon....hopefully quicker )3km run 10:30ish10km run 43:12 (doing another fun run soon as well )400m sprint 54 sec1500m run 5:05

longest bike ride, 60ish km, while trying to keep up with people on proper road racing bikes while I struggled on my mountain bike. Fun day that was, I ended up stopping twice to buy drinks from a servo because I sweat that much.

Been doing 10k a bit recently (on a treadmill so I'm not really pushing my limits yet). Today I was really happy, smashed my previous (appalling record) and clocked in at 49:46. Next target is 45 minutes, should take me a couple of weeks, I guess!

EDIT: Under 48 minutes done!

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